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Hello and welcome to Pickleball Therapy,

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the podcast dedicated to your Pickleball improvement.

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My name is Tony Roy.

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I am your host of this weekly podcast,

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which is dedicated to your Pickleball Mind.

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We're dedicated to your Pickleball in general,

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but with a specific focus on your Pickleball mind.

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This is what CJ Johnson and I call the athletic pillar

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inside of all of our coaching.

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And there's three pillars,

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As you may or may not know,

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mechanical, Strategic,

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and athletic.

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And in this podcast,

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We are focused primarily on the athletic pillar,

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which is Your body and mind.

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Now, that said,

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this week we're actually bringing back a,

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an a former Segment of this podcast called The Riff.

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One of our Pickleball therapy therapists let us know that the

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riff meant Something to them.

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So we are going to Bring it back.

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And what I'd like for you to do,

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if You can,

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is let us know,

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is this Something that you Like?

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If you feel strongly about it one way or the other,

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send me an email at therapy at better Pickleball dot com.

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Put in the subject line,

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the riff,

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if You would.

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I Believe it has two s.

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And let me know if this is something that you enjoy.

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The riff segment at the end of the podcast in the

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riff, I'm gonna be chatting about paddles and basically our mindset

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when it comes to paddles.

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In the main section,

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we're going to be talking about the never say die Mindset.

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And it's,

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it's, this is interesting because this is where the pillars overlap.

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You know,

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there Are three pillars,

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but they,

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it's not like they stand alone all the time.

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There's a lot of overlap between them.

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For instance,

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when you think about the mechanical pillar,

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there's things that you have to do with your body in

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order to play Pickleball.

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Well, the Athletic pillar is the body mind,

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right? And the body and the mind.

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So the,

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let's say like the stronger that your,

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your legs are,

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for instance,

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right? The better able,

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you're able to,

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you know,

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stay down in your dinks and get down for your,

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the low shots.

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The longer you're able to do that,

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the better you're able to play.

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So everything works together.

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And what we're talking about this week is gonna be the,

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the never say die mindset in a rally,

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right? Specific to rallies,

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and I'll explain that in a minute,

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but if you think about it,

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it's an interesting overlap between the strategic pillar and the athletic

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pillar. Because the strategic pillar is,

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what's the,

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what gives me the best chance for success,

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right? What's the,

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what's the highest chance for success in a game?

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And if you have this mindset,

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which is the mind,

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you're gonna give yourself the highest chance for success strategically as

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well. So again,

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overlap between these pillars and understanding that all three are necessary.

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And working on all three is how you're going to really

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maximize your potential as a Pickleball player.

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I just looked at the,

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at my,

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I I'm i,

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we capture this.

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If you don't know this,

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we, we capture this on YouTube as well.

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So it's,

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there's a YouTube channel called Pickleball Therapy and a podcast Buckle

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Pickleball therapy.

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So you can listen to it on a podcast or watch

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it on YouTube if you choose.

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And I just realized that behind me,

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I, I've hung up a a shirt that one of our

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team members Patty sent me and thank you Patty for the

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shirt. It's very cool.

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And it says,

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warning, I am a poacher.

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It was based on a series of videos that we did

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on the YouTube channel that created a lot of interest about

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poaching, even though frankly the videos were not about poaching.

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Poach was involved in the videos,

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but the videos were about decision making and things like that.

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So a little bit different angle,

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but thank you very much for the shirt.

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It's a very cool shirt.

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Alright, let's dive into the podcast and talk about the never

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say die mindset.

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So think about,

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when you're playing out there,

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there, there are times when we're gonna be in trouble,

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right? There's times that we're gonna be reeling,

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we're gonna be on our heels,

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right? The other team has the upper hand.

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what do we do right?

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What do we do in that situation?

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And I was reminded of this thought process in a watching

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A-A-P-P-A match.

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It was the finals between Andre DCU and Anna Bright against

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the strongest mixed doubles team in the history of Pickleball.

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Ben Johns and Anna Lee Waters.

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I don't remember their exact record,

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but they haven't been beaten,

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I think since I was 22 or something like that.

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it's been a long time since they've lost a match.

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And this was a gold medal match at the Austin Tournament,

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I believe it was.

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I'll put a link down in the show notes if you

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wanna check out the match.

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Although if you watch it,

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I'm gonna recommend you do it in a certain way.

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So I'm going to give you a specific instruction in a

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few minutes on how to watch it.

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and let me be clear,

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I'm gonna give you an instruction that you're welcome to use

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or not use.

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I'm not trying to tell you how to live your life,

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but if you wanna get the most out of watching it

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and, and growing your eye for this type of thing,

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then I'll give you a suggestion.

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How about that?

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the, it was the final match,

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it's three out of five as they play in that format

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there. So the best three outta five games.

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it wasn't even close.

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but the match was very,

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very, very one sided in favor of DCU and Anna Bright

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I don't know him well personally,

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but he's a,

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he's from Florida.

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years and I know he's,

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he's been one of,

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he's been a player that's worked at his game for a

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long time.

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he comes from a strong background of tennis.

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He played Davis Cup for his country and things like that.

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But he is a,

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he's been at Pickleball about,

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probably about as long as I have,

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maybe a little bit long,

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maybe a little bit shorter,

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but still while,

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but he's really worked at his game and you know,

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he played,

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he, I think he still plays a PP events,

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which is great,

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but I think the PPA,

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your crowd kind of like,

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good at the P-A-A-A-P-P,

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that's a different level.

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wins the men's doubles gold with Matt Wright,

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right? So awesome there and then wins the mixed doubles in

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very convincing fashion.

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But what I wanna focus in on with dcu,

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I'll give Anna Bright credit as well,

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but everyone wanna focus on dcu.

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'cause DCU is also,

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I don't know exact his exact age,

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but he's one of the older players on the court,

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but he has to be the oldest player on that court,

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but he actually a hundred percent sure he's the oldest player

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on that court.

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he is on the court.

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He is the fiercest extender of the rally.

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Like he is talking about never say die mindset.

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And, and I want to hone in on a few specifics

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of, of what he does to extend rallies.

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he is always putting himself physically in the best position given

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if he has an opportunity to be offensive as a player,

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then you'll see him move forward and be offensive.

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doesn't warrant that,

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then you'll see Andre put himself in a defensive position,

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right? Which means generally means farther back in the court.

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as far back as possible in order to be,

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be be able to better defend against the potential offense that's

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coming against hit his team.

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he's, he's I think six five,

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I believe he's a very,

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he's a tall player,

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the way he commits to,

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to going after balls and to keep extending rallies,

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it's, it's a,

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it's a mindset thing.

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strategically I know that if I extend the rally,

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I give myself the best chance for winning.

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it's become second nature.

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I'm pretty sure that he's never going to let a rally

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end without him doing the best that he can to put

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his paddle on that ball.

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So you have court position is really important there.

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and we've talked about the net before on this podcast,

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and we have several videos on it,

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it's a,

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it's a big topic because that's one of those areas of

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the game that you actually do have control over.

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There's a lot of things in Pickleball you cannot control.

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You know,

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you can't control your partner.

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I mean,

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you can make suggestions if they're a partner you can talk

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to, but you can't control your partner,

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you can't control your opponents,

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you can't control the wind.

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You can control the way that you think about the net

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and the way that you come at the net,

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right? And if you watch,

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I ask you playing Andre playing,

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he, as he gets closer to the net,

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yeah, you can see it.

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Let me say,

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he gets closer to the net,

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you'll see his paddle flare open.

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So open up a lot.

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It's almost parallel to the court.

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It looks parallel to the court because he's trying to get

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a lot of loft on that ball.

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He knows that there's only one player he can't beat.

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And that's the net right player quotes,

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that's the net.

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He can beat Ben Johns,

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he did,

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he can beat Anna Lee waters.

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They, I mean,

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he and Anna did,

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right? He and Anna Bright did,

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right? So they beat them both,

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right? The best team,

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but the net unbeatable.

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So Andre knows that,

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right? And that's,

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that's not just strategic,

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right? 'cause he knows,

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okay, the net,

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I can't beat the net.

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It's a mindset.

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He's saying to himself,

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I am not gonna let that net beat me.

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Ben can beat me and Lee can beat me.

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That net is not going to beat me.

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And what I was,

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what I was getting to is,

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if you watch the match,

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you'll see when he gets in trouble,

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the ball's low.

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And he's supposed to,

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that you'll see like his paddle looks like,

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like he's like,

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he's trying to like pull a pizza out of a pizza

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oven or something.

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Like basically he opens it down a lot and flares it

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super open.

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And it's really obvious to see it.

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It's, it's an,

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it's an interesting,

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it's an interesting,

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you know,

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it's really not,

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it's, it's very obvious,

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right? It's really graphically it's,

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or visually it's very easy to see what he's doing.

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And then the last thing I wanna mention about Andre is,

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you know,

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it's just this idea that I'm gonna make you hit one

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more ball.

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My shot doesn't have to be perfect,

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okay? I don't have to hit a perfect shot to win

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the rally.

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And this hearkens back,

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we did an episode,

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I'll put it in the show notes,

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but it's an episode about Pickleball being messy,

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being a messy sport.

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And it is a messy sport.

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It's a,

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you know,

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it's messy in terms of,

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you know,

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the rallies are,

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are messy and you know,

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things happen that are,

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you know,

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sometimes in your favor,

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sometimes not.

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But you know,

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there, there's not a lot of rallies in Pickleball that are

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like textbook perfect.

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Like everybody played,

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you know,

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the most amazing Pickleball in the rally ended.

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Usually there's some,

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there's some muck in there,

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there's a little bit of mess.

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And Andre doesn't mind that Andre,

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you know,

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he's fine with that.

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And he's just saying,

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I'm just gonna extend the rally.

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I'm going to make you hit one more ball and one

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more ball and one more ball.

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And in this match,

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what you'll see is you'll see Ben and Elise start pressing,

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right? Because they start feeling the pressure of Andre's and Anna

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again, I'm not trying to take anything from Adam,

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I'm just focusing on Andre because it was just so obvious

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what he,

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what he was doing and how he was approaching it.

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But he,

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you know,

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he just kept extending rallies and you'll see Ben start blowing

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balls up out of bounds and Elise starts pressing and hitting

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balls into the net.

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It's just like frustrating,

392
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right? And so when you think about that yourself,

393
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that can be you,

394
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right? In terms of how you approach the game,

395
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you become that player who the other teams go,

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oh no,

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you know,

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I'm gonna have to hit 17 balls in order for this

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rally to be done.

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And I'll tell you,

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I got to play yesterday with my friend and and fellow

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coach inside the better Pickleball ecosystem and a fellow competitor.

403
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We're gonna play together at the US Open this year.

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And we played against a couple of,

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a few different teams.

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Were were kind enough to give some of their time to

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play against us,

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to get us ready to go.

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And you know,

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some of these players,

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they're, you can see the players who just keep the ball

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going and going and going.

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And it becomes frustrating,

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you know,

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to play against that,

416
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right? Because you have to keep your discipline as a player.

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And sometimes we do,

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sometimes we don't.

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But that idea of extending the rally,

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extending the rally,

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extend the rally,

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it's a mindset piece.

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You know,

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being aware of the net,

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you know,

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knowing, okay,

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I'm gonna just put a paddle on this,

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I'm gonna keep you,

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I'm gonna keep going and going as long as you know,

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I'm gonna keep extending the rally as long as I can,

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will really change how you play and how your opponents view

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you as a competitor.

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Again, I'll put a link to the,

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to that match below in the show notes.

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You can check it out if you wanna watch the match.

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I recommend really focusing on Andre,

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you know,

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in terms of how you're gonna get the most out of

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this process.

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If you want to start seeing something different,

441
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you know,

442
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enjoy some of the stuff.

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But try and really stay focused on Andre and watch Andre

444
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watch everything he does.

445
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Watch how he moves,

446
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watch how he uses his paddle and watch how,

447
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you know,

448
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there's no ball that is gonna get hit by Ben or

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Anna Lee,

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that Andre and Anna,

451
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again, no nothing against her,

452
00:13:02,050 --> 00:13:06,130
but really gotta focus here is not gonna like,

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do his best to try and get back over the net

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into play again.

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So anyway,

456
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so that's,

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that's the idea.

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Never say,

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never say die mindset,

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right from the bond thinking.

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And it's a really good way that you can just become

462
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a more fierce competitor by applying something very specific to your

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00:13:24,450 --> 00:13:27,370
mind that will translate to your play.

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Alright, in the riff,

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I'm going to chat about paddles and my thoughts on paddles.

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So stay tuned for the riff.

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As the Pickleball season begins in earnest in spring,

468
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it's probably a great time to check your shoes and make

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sure that they're not worn.

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And I'm not just talking on the bottoms with holes in

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the bottoms,

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I'm talking about compression in the mids sole.

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If your shoes are older than about six months,

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double check them.

475
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Make sure they're not gonna hurt your legs or your feet.

476
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And if you're in need of shoes,

477
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check out the shoes from our friends at Taro Pickleball,

478
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the only shoes specifically designed for Pickleball.

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00:14:01,360 --> 00:14:03,810
I'll put the code down below PP 10,

480
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Use it at checkout.

481
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Alright, let's talk about paddles.

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My favorite topic,

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paddles and all,

484
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seriously, paddles obviously is super important to our game.

485
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You know,

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they're, they're the tool that we use when we're out on

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the Pickleball court.

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Just recorded a,

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an video for the YouTube channel and two pickle that we

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have that has to do with lead tape,

491
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right? And it's a,

492
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it's a,

493
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it's a friendly guide to how to think about lead tape

494
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and how to apply lead tape to your paddle.

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I'll put that link down below.

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You can find it at N two pickle as well just

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on YouTube the,

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and review that,

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you know,

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you, you're doing some research reviewing some materials.

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And so I started going down the paddle rabbit hole a

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little bit and some of our fellow creators have created some

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really good additional supplemental kind of information on,

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on lead tape in terms of an analyses on,

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on the machine that handles the swing weight and the twist

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weight, and then also the specific weights of different types of

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tape and different sizes.

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So we linked to that inside the video.

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So I was gathering that information,

510
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but you know,

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I started to see some of the other content that's being

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put out on paddles.

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And it's interesting content,

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00:15:09,860 --> 00:15:10,450
don't get me wrong,

515
00:15:10,450 --> 00:15:11,930
it's interesting to see what's going on,

516
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you know,

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with Kevlar,

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with rock carbon,

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with all these different things.

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But I will suggest to you that there is a limit

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to the impact that a paddle is going to have on

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your play.

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And what I mean by that is,

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when you think about your play big picture,

525
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right? When you think about your play,

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you, you want to ask yourself like what is the impact

527
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that a paddle is gonna have versus something else?

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00:15:39,830 --> 00:15:43,810
And that something else usually is improving a shot technique,

529
00:15:43,920 --> 00:15:45,210
improving an understanding,

530
00:15:45,210 --> 00:15:47,130
right? Because you could have,

531
00:15:47,270 --> 00:15:47,570
you know,

532
00:15:47,590 --> 00:15:48,130
the, the,

533
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let's assume that you have the best built best,

534
00:15:52,830 --> 00:15:53,130
you know,

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00:15:53,130 --> 00:15:54,010
just the best design,

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00:15:54,040 --> 00:15:54,530
best built,

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00:15:54,530 --> 00:15:55,290
best everything paddle,

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00:15:55,290 --> 00:15:56,810
right? It has the highest grit,

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00:15:56,830 --> 00:15:57,810
the best core,

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the best serp paddle face.

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00:15:59,770 --> 00:15:59,970
I mean,

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00:15:59,970 --> 00:16:00,810
you've done your research and you,

543
00:16:00,810 --> 00:16:01,250
you found it.

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00:16:01,250 --> 00:16:01,770
This is the,

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00:16:02,190 --> 00:16:03,690
the holy grill of paddles,

546
00:16:03,690 --> 00:16:06,370
right? But you know,

547
00:16:06,430 --> 00:16:08,050
you, you have a flaw in your,

548
00:16:08,430 --> 00:16:09,970
in your volume,

549
00:16:09,970 --> 00:16:12,850
mechanical, let's say paddle's not gonna do anything for you there,

550
00:16:12,860 --> 00:16:15,130
right? Same thing if you have a flaw,

551
00:16:15,330 --> 00:16:16,610
a major strategic flaw,

552
00:16:16,680 --> 00:16:18,330
okay? In terms of how you view your,

553
00:16:19,010 --> 00:16:20,130
or how you approach your game,

554
00:16:20,130 --> 00:16:21,490
right? Whether it's your return side,

555
00:16:21,490 --> 00:16:22,130
your server side,

556
00:16:22,370 --> 00:16:23,130
whatever it's you're doing right?

557
00:16:24,230 --> 00:16:25,970
And you have a major strategic flaw,

558
00:16:26,660 --> 00:16:28,490
again, paddle is not gonna bail you outta that.

559
00:16:28,910 --> 00:16:29,850
So if you think about it,

560
00:16:29,850 --> 00:16:31,050
like in terms of priorities,

561
00:16:31,750 --> 00:16:32,050
you know,

562
00:16:32,050 --> 00:16:33,570
understanding the game strategically,

563
00:16:33,570 --> 00:16:35,970
right? And that's that fo approach that we talk about inside

564
00:16:35,970 --> 00:16:36,490
our coaching.

565
00:16:36,490 --> 00:16:37,130
So framework,

566
00:16:37,130 --> 00:16:39,050
objectives, strategy and shots,

567
00:16:39,050 --> 00:16:39,690
right? In that order,

568
00:16:40,430 --> 00:16:42,010
if you don't have framework and objectives,

569
00:16:42,630 --> 00:16:43,930
you're gonna have the holy grail paddle,

570
00:16:44,270 --> 00:16:45,210
not gonna bail you out,

571
00:16:45,700 --> 00:16:47,010
mechanical issues,

572
00:16:47,390 --> 00:16:48,250
not gonna bail you out.

573
00:16:48,730 --> 00:16:49,490
Athletic pillar issues,

574
00:16:49,500 --> 00:16:50,450
right? So you,

575
00:16:50,480 --> 00:16:52,410
your mind is cloudy because you know,

576
00:16:52,410 --> 00:16:53,450
you're, you're,

577
00:16:53,450 --> 00:16:55,650
you're still working on your mental processes,

578
00:16:55,650 --> 00:16:58,090
right? Paddle's not gonna bail you out.

579
00:16:58,440 --> 00:16:58,890
Same thing.

580
00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:00,010
Your body's tired,

581
00:17:00,310 --> 00:17:00,610
you know,

582
00:17:00,670 --> 00:17:02,050
you can't get down for the shot,

583
00:17:02,130 --> 00:17:03,290
paddle's not gonna do it for you,

584
00:17:03,290 --> 00:17:04,730
right? I can't get down for you.

585
00:17:04,830 --> 00:17:05,730
So, you know,

586
00:17:05,980 --> 00:17:06,770
again, you know,

587
00:17:06,770 --> 00:17:07,690
when you think about paddles,

588
00:17:07,690 --> 00:17:08,130
I think it's,

589
00:17:08,200 --> 00:17:10,410
it's important to find a paddle that's right for you.

590
00:17:11,150 --> 00:17:13,090
And what I would suggest focusing on there,

591
00:17:13,160 --> 00:17:16,210
generally speaking is you want a paddle that's not too heavy

592
00:17:16,230 --> 00:17:16,530
for you,

593
00:17:16,700 --> 00:17:19,330
right? That's really key because you don't want to hurt yourself

594
00:17:19,330 --> 00:17:19,770
with a paddle.

595
00:17:20,230 --> 00:17:20,570
You know,

596
00:17:20,570 --> 00:17:23,330
you could have a holy grail paddle meaning like everything is

597
00:17:23,480 --> 00:17:24,810
magnificent in the paddle.

598
00:17:24,880 --> 00:17:27,290
It's the best built paddle in the history of paddles,

599
00:17:27,710 --> 00:17:29,050
but it's too heavy for your body,

600
00:17:29,050 --> 00:17:31,570
right? Not gonna be good for you because it's gonna hurt

601
00:17:31,570 --> 00:17:32,090
you, you know,

602
00:17:32,090 --> 00:17:33,410
so you're better off going with a,

603
00:17:33,670 --> 00:17:33,930
you know,

604
00:17:33,930 --> 00:17:35,450
paddle that's not the holy grail,

605
00:17:35,670 --> 00:17:36,530
but doesn't hurt you,

606
00:17:36,530 --> 00:17:37,570
right? That makes sense.

607
00:17:37,990 --> 00:17:39,530
So weight is super,

608
00:17:39,540 --> 00:17:40,570
super, super important.

609
00:17:40,870 --> 00:17:41,170
You know,

610
00:17:41,170 --> 00:17:43,050
paddle grip size is super important as well.

611
00:17:43,050 --> 00:17:45,290
Make sure it's a paddle grip that you're comfortable holding.

612
00:17:46,000 --> 00:17:46,890
Doesn't hurt your arm.

613
00:17:46,890 --> 00:17:47,530
It's not too big,

614
00:17:47,550 --> 00:17:48,130
not too small.

615
00:17:48,190 --> 00:17:50,490
And you can think about that in terms of like gripping

616
00:17:50,490 --> 00:17:50,810
a pencil.

617
00:17:50,960 --> 00:17:54,130
It'd be too small gripping a water bottle's too big,

618
00:17:54,130 --> 00:17:55,330
obviously I've gone to the extremes,

619
00:17:55,670 --> 00:17:56,130
but you know,

620
00:17:56,130 --> 00:17:56,610
you want a,

621
00:17:56,690 --> 00:17:58,730
a paddle that fits in your hand comfortably.

622
00:17:58,730 --> 00:18:01,570
Usually you can use your pinky from the offhand kind of

623
00:18:01,570 --> 00:18:03,650
fitted in between your finger and your palm.

624
00:18:03,650 --> 00:18:05,930
That's a pretty good guide quarter in something like that is

625
00:18:05,930 --> 00:18:08,330
decent guide in terms of spacing there.

626
00:18:08,670 --> 00:18:10,970
But so grip and weight are super important.

627
00:18:11,070 --> 00:18:11,450
And then,

628
00:18:11,550 --> 00:18:11,850
you know,

629
00:18:11,880 --> 00:18:13,850
it's a paddle that feels good to you when you hit

630
00:18:13,850 --> 00:18:14,970
it. That's gonna be great.

631
00:18:14,970 --> 00:18:16,050
That's gonna be super valuable.

632
00:18:16,070 --> 00:18:17,330
And it's a paddle that makes you happy.

633
00:18:17,510 --> 00:18:17,810
You know,

634
00:18:18,410 --> 00:18:19,490
there's not enough said about that.

635
00:18:19,490 --> 00:18:20,010
It's just a paddle,

636
00:18:20,010 --> 00:18:20,810
you pull outta your value,

637
00:18:20,810 --> 00:18:21,130
you're like,

638
00:18:21,130 --> 00:18:22,090
man, I'm so happy to have this paddle.

639
00:18:22,280 --> 00:18:23,410
Fantastic. You know,

640
00:18:23,410 --> 00:18:26,050
that'll, that'll make your mind happy,

641
00:18:26,050 --> 00:18:29,330
right? And so those are characteristics of a paddle that I

642
00:18:29,330 --> 00:18:32,690
think are more valuable than getting bogged down in it's got

643
00:18:32,910 --> 00:18:34,570
raw carbon fiber now.

644
00:18:34,570 --> 00:18:36,810
They're doing what Kevlar mixed with a carbon fiber.

645
00:18:36,890 --> 00:18:37,490
I mean it's just,

646
00:18:37,490 --> 00:18:38,530
there's always gonna be something,

647
00:18:38,590 --> 00:18:38,890
you know,

648
00:18:38,890 --> 00:18:41,010
there, there's gonna be a little hole in the throat and

649
00:18:41,010 --> 00:18:41,650
not a criticism,

650
00:18:41,650 --> 00:18:43,210
but as an example I gotta a comment on,

651
00:18:43,310 --> 00:18:46,290
on the video we did about paddles and there was a

652
00:18:46,370 --> 00:18:48,610
question about the hole inside the selker paddle that happened to

653
00:18:48,610 --> 00:18:49,090
be in that video.

654
00:18:49,710 --> 00:18:51,810
And I answered the question and there was another question,

655
00:18:51,810 --> 00:18:53,490
I answered that question and then there was a third question

656
00:18:53,510 --> 00:18:54,130
and it,

657
00:18:54,130 --> 00:18:55,250
the question kept on being,

658
00:18:55,430 --> 00:18:56,610
do you think the hole's a gimmick?

659
00:18:56,610 --> 00:18:57,930
And I answered it a couple times and I was like,

660
00:18:57,930 --> 00:18:58,370
well this is,

661
00:18:58,370 --> 00:18:59,730
this is being repeat repetitive now.

662
00:18:59,730 --> 00:19:00,410
So I stopped answering.

663
00:19:00,830 --> 00:19:01,450
But the point is,

664
00:19:01,450 --> 00:19:04,290
this player was bogged down in like the hole and the

665
00:19:04,290 --> 00:19:06,010
paddle kind of who cares?

666
00:19:06,110 --> 00:19:06,410
You know,

667
00:19:06,410 --> 00:19:07,930
at the end of the day it does make a little

668
00:19:07,930 --> 00:19:08,530
bit of a difference,

669
00:19:08,530 --> 00:19:09,810
but not that big a deal.

670
00:19:09,810 --> 00:19:10,290
Like I said,

671
00:19:10,290 --> 00:19:11,650
it's not gonna bail you out from any of these other

672
00:19:11,650 --> 00:19:13,610
things. So if you,

673
00:19:13,710 --> 00:19:14,250
if you're,

674
00:19:14,510 --> 00:19:15,810
if you really wanna play better,

675
00:19:15,940 --> 00:19:19,530
right? And generally when p players are looking for new paddles,

676
00:19:20,390 --> 00:19:22,610
my experience has not been that the player's looking for a

677
00:19:22,610 --> 00:19:25,530
paddle because the paddle that they have is hurting them or

678
00:19:25,530 --> 00:19:25,850
something like that.

679
00:19:25,850 --> 00:19:27,770
If you're looking for a paddle 'cause it's your paddle's hurting

680
00:19:27,770 --> 00:19:29,330
you or doesn't feel good or something like that,

681
00:19:29,420 --> 00:19:30,530
great, keep going please.

682
00:19:31,030 --> 00:19:31,930
And as I mentioned earlier,

683
00:19:31,990 --> 00:19:33,530
our friends at Total Pickleball help you out.

684
00:19:34,010 --> 00:19:35,490
They have great selection and they're,

685
00:19:35,490 --> 00:19:36,290
they're good folks over there.

686
00:19:36,290 --> 00:19:36,850
They've been around,

687
00:19:36,850 --> 00:19:38,410
they've been around sports forever.

688
00:19:38,410 --> 00:19:38,850
They used,

689
00:19:38,850 --> 00:19:41,250
they're, they're part of tennis warehouse and they've been around forever

690
00:19:41,950 --> 00:19:44,690
anyway. So if you're looking for a paddle for that,

691
00:19:44,780 --> 00:19:48,450
great. If you're looking for a paddle because you think it's

692
00:19:48,450 --> 00:19:49,130
gonna change your game,

693
00:19:49,200 --> 00:19:49,610
it's gonna,

694
00:19:49,680 --> 00:19:52,530
it's what you need to level up or something that is

695
00:19:52,590 --> 00:19:53,210
not a good,

696
00:19:54,110 --> 00:19:57,090
that's just frankly not a good thought process.

697
00:19:57,560 --> 00:20:00,290
It's not thought process is gonna be productive I guess if

698
00:20:00,290 --> 00:20:02,130
you wanna buy it because you wanna buy it for yourself

699
00:20:02,130 --> 00:20:03,650
and it makes you feel happy or something,

700
00:20:03,710 --> 00:20:04,050
you know,

701
00:20:04,080 --> 00:20:04,810
fine, that's fine.

702
00:20:05,070 --> 00:20:06,370
But don't kid yourself and say,

703
00:20:06,370 --> 00:20:06,610
you know,

704
00:20:06,690 --> 00:20:08,810
I buy this paddle that this is what I need,

705
00:20:08,810 --> 00:20:10,530
right? This is the secret sauce that I need.

706
00:20:10,730 --> 00:20:11,690
'cause that's not what you need.

707
00:20:11,690 --> 00:20:13,890
There's gonna be other things that are gonna be higher value

708
00:20:14,910 --> 00:20:17,610
and, and we're really gonna give you the results that you

709
00:20:17,610 --> 00:20:19,410
want so it'll meet your expectations more.

710
00:20:19,830 --> 00:20:20,330
So anyways,

711
00:20:20,330 --> 00:20:21,090
that's the sweet podcast.

712
00:20:21,190 --> 00:20:23,690
We went a little bit over because we included the riffs.

713
00:20:23,690 --> 00:20:26,250
I hope you enjoyed the length of the podcast as well

714
00:20:26,250 --> 00:20:27,250
as the format of this podcast.

715
00:20:27,740 --> 00:20:29,810
Again, send me an email at Tony at Better Pick at,

716
00:20:30,460 --> 00:20:32,010
sorry therapy at better Pickleball dot com.

717
00:20:32,010 --> 00:20:33,410
They both go to Tony at better Pickleball dot com.

718
00:20:33,410 --> 00:20:34,370
Anyway, so it works as well.

719
00:20:35,270 --> 00:20:36,410
Put out the subject line,

720
00:20:36,410 --> 00:20:36,770
the riff,

721
00:20:36,910 --> 00:20:39,090
let me know if this is something that you enjoyed or

722
00:20:39,090 --> 00:20:40,850
did not enjoy this riff and,

723
00:20:41,230 --> 00:20:43,170
and then we can proceed accordingly.

724
00:20:43,330 --> 00:20:44,050
'cause at the end of the day,

725
00:20:44,470 --> 00:20:46,210
as much as I enjoy making this podcast,

726
00:20:46,720 --> 00:20:48,570
this podcast is about you,

727
00:20:48,750 --> 00:20:49,690
the Pickleball player,

728
00:20:50,390 --> 00:20:54,570
trying to provide you information that is helpful to you and

729
00:20:54,800 --> 00:20:56,330
will, you know,

730
00:20:57,080 --> 00:21:01,570
just make your Pickleball journey a more complete and happier what,

731
00:21:01,570 --> 00:21:02,730
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732
00:21:03,270 --> 00:21:04,090
If you enjoy the podcast,

733
00:21:04,150 --> 00:21:07,330
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734
00:21:07,430 --> 00:21:07,970
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735
00:21:07,970 --> 00:21:08,810
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736
00:21:08,830 --> 00:21:09,810
If you enjoy the podcast,

737
00:21:10,600 --> 00:21:11,530
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738
00:21:11,840 --> 00:21:12,250
I'll of you,

739
00:21:12,250 --> 00:21:14,690
have a great week and we'll see you next time on

740
00:21:14,690 --> 00:21:16,450
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